The first inspiration for the Democratic Communist Federation is Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) — one of the pioneers of left communism (that is to say, to the left of Vladimir Lenin). Unfortunately, Rosa was assassinated before she had the opportunity to implement her views. She was a passionate defender of both radical democracy and communism. Rosa also critiqued the authoritarianism and rigidity of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.

The second inspiration is Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014) — the originator of several versions of critical realism (original critical realism, dialectical critical realism, transcendental dialectical critical realism, and, finally, the philosophy of metaReality). Roy was a far-left socialist and Marxist who, like this writer, came of age in the days of the New Left. The major objective of critical realism is the establishment of communism based upon true freedom.